dry runs
Trial attempts beforehand
A dry run is a rehearsal or practice session that doesn’t use all of the components or resources of the real thing that is being practiced.
Dry runs are common in performing arts, sports, and military training.
- exercisesActivities for fitness
- practice roundUnofficial preparatory attempt
- drillsRepetitive training routines
- testingExamining to evaluate
- rehearsalPre-performance practice session
mock-up · dress rehearsals · going through the motions · warm-ups · walkthroughs · model · practices · simulation · safety checks · mock trials · workshops · prototypes · contingency planning · troubleshooting · training exercises · template · trial and error · fire drills
- experimentsexperiment, experiments, test, tests, trials
- skill buildingpractice, drills, training, repetition, exercises
- trainingtraining, basic training, training session, employee training, apprenticeships
- drillsdrill, drills, drilling, fire drill, earthquake drill
- practicingrehearsing, drills, studying, repetition, exercises
- familiarizationfamiliarizing, acquainting, orienting, introducing, accustoming
dry runsthe real thing
Authentic original version
live performance · production run · opening night · game day · showtime
dry runspremiere
First public performance
main event · final performance · opening night · debut performance · grand opening
dry, run, dries, drier, driest, drying, dryer, dryly, dryness